I'll Bite

So The Observer has built a spiffy new website, with more pictures and more features. What does that mean for my blog? It means we'...

With the weather forecast we're facing (will it snow? will it just rain?), be glad if you have the chance to stay home and cook tonig...

I love it when a restaurant's food really stands out. When the setting stands out too, it's even better. On a trip to the Triangle...

If you ever want to find out how people feel about biscuits, write a column about making biscuits that doesn’t include the amount of butt...

Go out to dinner on Valentine's Day? Why would we do that? It's so much more fun to skip the hype and the reservation fight to s...

The mother/daughter team of Alice Randall and Caroline Randall Williams have a lovely book that landed on my desk, "Soul Food Love: H...

There's nothing quite like a chilly afternoon around an outdoor fire with a batch of roasted oysters. Historic Rosedale, the preserv...